I Wanna Be Your Dog
| "I Wanna Be Your Dog" | ||||
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 Cover of the 1969 Italian single | ||||
| Single by The Stooges | ||||
| from the album The Stooges | ||||
| B-side | "1969" | |||
| Released | July 1969 | |||
| Recorded |
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| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:09 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | John Cale | |||
| The Stooges singles chronology | ||||
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"I Wanna Be Your Dog" is the debut single by the American rock band the Stooges. The song is included on their 1969 self-titled debut album. Its memorable riff, composed of only three chords (G, F♯ and E), is played continuously throughout the song (excepting two brief 4-bar bridges). The 3-minute-and-9-second-long song, with its raucous, distortion-heavy guitar intro, pounding, single-note piano riff played by producer John Cale of The Velvet Underground, and steady, driving beat, established The Stooges at the cutting edge of the heavy metal and punk sound.[4]
In 2004, the song was ranked number 438 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[5] Pitchfork Media placed it at number 16 on its list of "The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s".[6]
Personnel
- Iggy Pop: Vocals
- Ron Asheton: Guitar
- Dave Alexander: Bass Guitar
- Scott Asheton: Drums
- John Cale: Piano, Percussion, Sleigh Bells
Cover versions
- Vicious White Kids, played it live at their only show on August 15, 1978, at the Electric Ballroom.[7] It was released on the Sex Pistols live album Raw and Live (2004).
- Sonic Youth, on their first full-length album Confusion Is Sex (1983).
- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, on their album Up Your Alley (1988).
- Wednesday 13's Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13, on the B-side of their single "Love At First Fright" (2000).
- Matt Mays recorded a cover of the song on his 2020 album Dog City.[8]
References
- ^ Stiernberg, Bonnie. "The 50 Best Garage Rock Songs of All Time". Paste. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ Martin Charles Strong; Brendon Griffin (2008). Lights, camera, sound tracks. Canongate. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-84767-003-8. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ^ Britannica Educational Publishing (1 December 2012). Disco, Punk, New Wave, Heavy Metal, and More: Music in the 1970s and 1980s. Britannica Educational Publishing. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-61530-912-2. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ^ Trynka, Paul (2007). Iggy Pop: open up and bleed. New York: Broadway Books. pp. 95. ISBN 978-0-7679-2319-4.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-12-17. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6405-the-200-greatest-songs-of-the-1960s/1/
- ^ https://www.amazon.com/I-Wanna-Be-Your-Dog/dp/B002WQ316K
- ^ Oliver Crook, "Matt Mays' 'Dog City' Turns a Corny Concept into a Heartwarming Experiment". Exclaim!, May 22, 2020.
External links
- "I Wanna Be Your Dog" at Discogs (list of releases)
